SpotCrime Weekly Reads: The AI debate, DNA serial killer blunder, cop suicides
The AI debate, DNA serial killer blunder, cop suicides, cybersecurity, predicting gang related crimes, the science behind body cams, police facial recognition tech, and more...
Suicides kill more cops than criminals do, but lack of data makes solutions elusive (Houston Chronicle)
Police use of force: Most suspects are not injured (Journalists Research)
Increased crime rate linked to spike in air pollution: study (DownToEarth)
Police address increased crime in retail areas When a Walmart opens, the number of police calls to that part of town tends to go up, research shows. (NBC6)
Report: At Least 103 Uber Drivers Have Been Accused of Sexually Assaulting or Abusing Passengers (Gizmodo)
Local Governments' Cybersecurity Crisis in 8 Charts (GovTech)
AI can help in crime prevention, but we still need a human in charge (The Conversation)
Researchers Want to Use AI to 'Predict' When Crimes Are Gang-Related (Gizmodo)
Predictive policing: Data can be used to prevent crime, but is that data racially tinged? (Big Think)
The rapid rise of San Francisco's surveillance camera network, which could get even bigger soon (SF Gate)
Body cam maker to study facial recognition risks and benefits (ABC7 Denver) See also: If Facial Recognition Comes to Body Cameras, How Will Government Respond? (GovTech)
The Science Behind Where Police Should Place Their Body Cameras (Inside Science)
Transparency in government when a private entity is involved (National Freedom of Information Coalition)
Is America Ready to Rethink Incarceration? (City Lab)
POLICE CONDUCT
U.S. and European cops just torpedoed Islamic State’s online propaganda machine (VICE)Suicides kill more cops than criminals do, but lack of data makes solutions elusive (Houston Chronicle)
Police use of force: Most suspects are not injured (Journalists Research)
CRIME RATE
DNA blunder creates phantom serial killer (The Independent)Increased crime rate linked to spike in air pollution: study (DownToEarth)
Police address increased crime in retail areas When a Walmart opens, the number of police calls to that part of town tends to go up, research shows. (NBC6)
Report: At Least 103 Uber Drivers Have Been Accused of Sexually Assaulting or Abusing Passengers (Gizmodo)
Local Governments' Cybersecurity Crisis in 8 Charts (GovTech)
'CRIM-TECH'
Device Detects Drug Use Through Fingerprints, Raising A Host Of Constitutional Questions (TechDirt)AI can help in crime prevention, but we still need a human in charge (The Conversation)
Researchers Want to Use AI to 'Predict' When Crimes Are Gang-Related (Gizmodo)
Predictive policing: Data can be used to prevent crime, but is that data racially tinged? (Big Think)
The rapid rise of San Francisco's surveillance camera network, which could get even bigger soon (SF Gate)
Body cam maker to study facial recognition risks and benefits (ABC7 Denver) See also: If Facial Recognition Comes to Body Cameras, How Will Government Respond? (GovTech)
The Science Behind Where Police Should Place Their Body Cameras (Inside Science)
POLICE TRANSPARENCY
Aurora agrees to change policies on police IA records, faces new suit on body cam footage (Colorado Freedom of Information Coalition)Transparency in government when a private entity is involved (National Freedom of Information Coalition)
PRISON REFORM
America’s incarceration rate is at a two-decade low (Pew Research Center)Is America Ready to Rethink Incarceration? (City Lab)
DUMB CRIMINAL OF THE WEEK
Mystery pooper at N.J. high school's track turned out to be superintendent, cops say (NJ.com) |
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